I think actually these results so far are an accurate depiction of the smart phone market. In fact they are under representing the Samsung numbers a bit.
Mistro - did not know that HTC are officially supporting unlocking bootloaders and gaining root. Does it still technically break the warranty if you follow those instructions (too lazy to look myself). Makes you wonder why they don’t just ship the phones bootloader unlocked and easily gainable root, with making the phone unbrickable, like the LG Optimus One. However I try to destroy that thing, I seem to be able to recover back to stock with the LG tools.
According to Nielson, Android has 52% of the market share while iOS has 34%.
Interesting numbers.
Had a bit of a run in last night trying to get a new dump off my phone… ALMOST bricked it lol
Thankfully though with the help of XDA all is back in order (minus the root which i lost) after 2 hours of messing around.
Love these androids! lol
Lots of good ones in there… great find!
This by far was my favorite since its so can i say “subtle” ?
^^^I don’t get it?
people are making fun of the ipone since the only thing that REALLY stands out of it is that… its really long.
(its really not that long… barely a 1/4 inch longer then the 4… but still its fun to laugh at apple products)
So think of someone taking a picture of that fire hydrant with THIS phone…
ahh
It’ll void the software warranty for sure. There a no less than 6 warnings about this when you go to the HTC site and go through the steps. The device will also display “unlocked” when you go into the bootloader.
If you’re flashing or rooting I’m pretty sure loosing software warranty is not a big deal at that point. Hardware should be covered still as long as it wasn’t caused by the software (ie: you overclock your device, frying the CPU). There are cases overseas where they have refused hardware but reports from north america have been that there’s no hassle. I guess its like if Audi refuses to do a suspension recall because you did an ecu flash. It shouldn’t happen but you never know since the wording is kinda grey.
And if you’re still hesitant there are usually ways to do it that don’t involve going to the HTC site and that are reversible.
Interesting Android news: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-19756734
Essentially computers with AMD chips (desktops, laptops, future Win8 tablets) will be able to run Android apps. Gone are the days where you craved an app on your phone that you had on your PC - now it’s the other way around!
Enjoying LTE Saki?
Its been on and off for the last 2 weeks but today i have been on LTE all day… man its fast!
yes
Not so fast at home right now but decent at work.
30 mbps at work and about 15 mbps at home
Impressive speeds there. Does it haveuch of an impact on battery life?
no idea. I have only had these phones in the LTE era.
My Samsung Note battery lasts a full day which is pretty good considering I use the shit out of it, have WIFI and BLUETOOTH on full time, have a huge screen on auto-brightness and frankly don’t really worry about battery life, ever.
Fack that’s fast. . . way faster than the broadband I have at home. Time to get LTE and keep my unlimited plan lon
Wow, I’m the only one still using a Blackberry lol. I don’t care what anyone else says, I still love it 
Pretty crazy huh? That’s a tidal wave shift. When I got rid of my blackberry a few months ago, I shorted the stock (it was around $15 then and is $8 now…but I certainly am not claiming to be clairvoyant…it was $150 a couple of years ago lol). I figured if longterm die-hard corporate users like me were switching, that must be the end of it.
They will maybe have a place as the low cost provider for third world countries etc. and may see sales sustanence that way, but man…in the premium market they are just an afterthought. The massive growth around the world in smartphone usage will keep them alive for a while though.
RIM needs to stop making phones and focus on just making operating systems.
Imagine a BBX type OS on a galaxy S3.
My only beef with blackberry is their lack of innovation. They are always 5 steps behind the iphone / android market.
Yeah they are “always” behind…behind the market they fucking created.
I think you meant to say they have recently fallen behind but for a decade they were LIGHT YEARS ahead of these guys.
Just to get back to the poll…I have the 5…
Going backwards, I have my work 4, my old 4, 3GS, 3G and the original. I’m just too tied into iTunes, AirPlay, and FaceTime at this point to switch, but was pretty close to going to the S3.